*lat·er¹/`letə; ˈleɪtə/ adv 1 after the present time or a time you are talking about 以后; 后来: I'll see you later. 改天再见。 Two years later he became President. 两年后，他当上了总统。 2 later on at some time in the future, or at some time after something else 将来; 过后，以后: Later on in the movie the hero gets killed. 在影片中，那位英雄后来遇害了。